16 RUBIACE. 
Panama, Falls of the Obispo (S. Hayes, 102; Salvin).—CoLomB1A ; PERU ; TRINIDAD. 
Hb. Kew. 
2. Warscewiczia pulcherrima, Kl. in Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1853, 
p. 496. 
Panama, Chiriqui (Warscewicz). Hb. Kew. 
This does not appear to differ specifically from W. coccinea. 
17. RONDELETIA. 
Rondeletia, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 224; Benth. et. Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 48. 
Lightfootia, Schreb. Gen. Plant. p. 122. 
Willdenovia, Gmel. Syst. 11. p. 362. 
Arachnimorpha, Desv. in Ham. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Oce. p. 28. 
Stevensia, Poit. in Ann. Mus. Par. iv. p. 235, t. 60. 
Arachnothryx, Planch. in Flore des Serres, v. sub tab, 442. 
Rogiera, Planch. in Flore des Serres, v. t 442. 
A genus of sixty or seventy species of shrubs and trees, confined to Tropical America 
and the West Indies, but most numerous in Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. 
We give descriptions of all the Mexican and Central-American species known up to the 
present time. 
1. Rondeletia affinis, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 28. 
Foliis lanceolato-oblongis utrinque valde attenuatis discoloribus subtus cano-pubescentibus, floribus 
parvis tetrameris pubescentibus cymoso-confertis sessilibus vel brevissime pedicellatis, cymis 
breviter pedunculatis in paniculas spiciformes dispositis, calycis lobis oblongis obtusis ineequa- 
libus reflexis, corolle tubo brevi superne paulo dilatato, lobis rotundatis undulatis, ore  nudo, 
ovario lanato, capsula glabra parva oblonga, seminibus minutis numerosissimis. 
Frutex, ramis obscure quadrangulatis, junioribus cano- vel rufo-pubescentibus. Folia petiolata, 
lanceolato-oblonga, 24-5-pollicaria, utrinque attenuata, acuta, discoloria, supra parce pilosula, 
dense reticulato-venosa, subtus cano-lanata, nervis lateralibus prominentibus, petiolo 14-3 lin. 
longo; stipule 2-3 lin. longe. Flores tetrameri, cano-pubescentes, cymoso-conferti, sessiles 
vel brevissime pedicellati, cymis sepissime 6-12-floris, breviter pedunculatis, in paniculas 
angustas spiciformes terminales et laterales dispositis ; calycis lobi oblongi, obtusi, inzequales, 
circiter } lin. longi, reflexi; corolle tubus 2-3 lin. longus, gracilis, sursum leviter et sensim 
ampliatus, intus basi hirsutus, limbus lobis circiter lineam longis, rotundatis, undulatis, os 
nudum; ovarium lanatum. Capsula oblonga, 14 lin. longa, seminibus numerosissimis, minutis, 
punctulatis. 
Mexico, Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 686), Sierra de Zongolica (Bottert, 1017) ; Costa Rica 
(Endres, 226); Panama, Boquete (Seemann, 1594). Hb. Kew. 
This species is allied to &. lanifiora and &. villosa, differing in its smaller flowers &c. 
Both long- and short-styled forms exist. The specimens from Costa Rica and Veraguas 
have leaves twice the size of the Mexican. 
2. Rondeletia amcena, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 26. 
Ramis téretibus Superioribus compressis crassiusculis foliisque plus minusve hirsutis, foliis amplis 
ovato-ellipticis, ‘stipulis maximis, floribus pentameris pubescentibus cymoso-corymbosis, calycis 
